Wateb-wheel



No. 29,060. v y PATENTED JULY-1o, 18Go; s'. oLoss & I. N. PYLE. WATER WHEEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

JACOB GLOSS AND ISAAC N. PYLE, OF DECATUR, INDIANA.

WATER-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,060, dated July 10, 1860.

To aZZ whom Zt may concern:

Be it known that we, JACOB OLoSs and ISAAC N. PYLE, both of Decatur7 in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved IVater-IVheel; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical section of our in vention, taken in the line Fig. 3. Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 3. Fig.3 a plan or top view of the same. Fig. A, a detached plan view of the lower wheel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents a penstock, in which a vertical shaft B is placed centrally, said shaft being stepped on a base C, below the penstock as shown at a. On the lower part of the Shaft B a wheel D is secured. This wheel D has an inclined or conical bottom plate b, on which the buckets c are secured. The buckets c are of curved form, extending from a hub (Z, to the periphery of the wheel as Shown in Fig. 4. The buckets c, are also somewhat inclined, so as to receive the water at right angles, the water passing through openings e, e, in the bottom of the'penstock, and rotating wheel D, in the direction indi` cated by arrow l, see Fig. 2.

On the shaft B, al hollow shaft E is fitted and allowed to turn freely. At the bottom of the shaft B, a wheel F is secured, which wheel is direct-ly over the wheel The wheel F is considerably smaller in diameter than wheel D, as Shown clearly in Fig. l, and the buckets f, of wheel F are inclined in a vertical direction, and somewhat curved so as to be acted upon by a vertical descent of the water upon them, and cause the wheel F, to rotate in the direction indicated by arrow 2.

The lower end of the shaft E of wheel F has an annular groove g made in it, and into this groove an annular anch or edge h, ts, said flanch or ledge being on the upper surface of a cross bar z', attached to the under side of the penstock.

The wheel F, is fitted, and works within a circular opening made in the bottom j, of the penstock, and over the wheel F, a flooring 7c, is placed, through which, two curved openings Z, are made at opposite sides of the Shaft E, said openings being directly over the buckets j', and provided with gates' m, m, which are simply horizontal slides fitted between guides n, n., attached to the looring 7c, as shown in Fig. 3.

Through the flooring c, and bottom j, the inclined openings e, e, are made. These openings are at the outer side, or beyond the wheel F, and provided with slide gates 0, o, shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

The o-peration is as follows: By opening the gates m, m, the water will be admitted from the penstock A, on the wheel F, and said wheels will be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow 2, and the water as it escapes from wheel F, falls on wheel D, and rotates it, the latter wheel rotating in the direction indicated by arrow l, the two wheels rotating in reverse directions. The Shafts B, E, of these wheels, may be connected by any suitable gearing, and power taken from both, and in case the power of one wheel only is required the two shafts may be disconnected, the gates m, m, closed, the gates 0, o, opened and the wheel D, only driven.

le do not claim broadly the employment of two water wheels running in different directions and one driven by the escape water of the other: but

Having thus described our invention we claim as new and desire to Secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement of the wheels F, D, and their shafts, B, E, in comb-ination with the openings e, e, Z, Z, and gates m, o, as herein shown and described So that one or bot-h wheels may be operated as desired all as Set forth.

JACOB GLOSS. I. N. PYLE. 

